International Studies (BA)
A day in the life
What is it like to study International Studies in The Hague? Read how Vincent, student of International Studies, spends his day on average.
Vincent van Zutphen
Second year student
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09:00 |
I get up, take a shower and have breakfast. Today my first lecture doesn not start that early, so I get to sleep in a little bit. |
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10:00 |
I take the train from Beverwijk, where I live, to The Hague. I get my books out and do some studying. |
| 10:55 | It's just a five minute walk from the train station to the university building, so I have time to grab a coffee with friends before the lecture starts. |
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11:15 |
Today's lecture is about politics. The professor talks about how and why civil protests start, and when a get-together is defined as a protest and when it is a demonstration. |
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13:00 |
I walk to the building close by for a tutorial on Russian language acquisition. Our teacher first asks us to talk about our weekend in Russian. I tell my fellow students that I studied quite a lot over the weekend, having set myself the goal to improve my Russian even more. |
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15:15 |
I have a quick late lunch, and go on to my tutorial on Russian history. Today I am giving a presentation on the persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Soviet era. |
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17:00 |
After the tutorial in our group we have a discussion about some of the assignments we need to do. For me it's getting late, and I have to hurry to catch my train home. |
| 19:00 | I'm home and take the car to go to my martial arts training. There's no time to have dinner, but I'll eat something later, after my work-out. |
| 22:00 | Before going to bed, I do some reading for an assignment later in the week. It's almost midnight by the time I turn the lights off. |
